Go-Peds

Am I right in thinking I don't need a driving licence to ride on one of
these?

 

An electric one.

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Bollocks.

A go-ped (powered scooter(?)) is not a vehicle, by definition. No
licence, no MoT, no insurance will or can be required for one.

 

Huh? What's wrong with the good old fashioned paper ones? Eh? Eh?

 

In uk.rec.motorcycles, Pip said:

Thanks, that's what I wanted to know. There was a bit of "hoo-ha" about
insurance for these things a while back but I've never seen one with a
number plate on.

I wanted one to get to the shops and the short trips from train stations
to final destination

 

Er, I don't think this is correct. Ride one on the road and you *will*
get nicked.

Paging JP!

 

Where is the dividing line between a go-ped and a motor scooter? is it
engine CC, wheel size, seat (or the lack of) or what?

Snafu

 

Whinging Courier wrote

You need a nice little bicycle yo do.

 

No, although a Goped could never be made road legal, it technically comes
under the same classification as a moped and needs a driving licence,
insurance number plates etc. Basically if your caught riding one on the
road, you may have to kiss goodbye to your driving licence.

Gary

ST1300P in a fetching blue and yellow colour scheme

 

Or footpath/pavement.

Electric scooters are ok for pavement use but there should be some sort of
speed restriction - 4 or 6mph - not sure of current regs but would be the
same as for mobility scooters/wheelchairs etc.

 

Correct , although with no licence already , the consequences could be even
less pleasant
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From a legal viewpoint just think of them as a moped.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/wiltshire/the_exchange/goped.shtml

 

It could fall within licence group K, Mowing machine or vehicle
controlled by pedestrian.

There seem to be no definitions of what does or does not fall into
this class of vehicle. The only info I can find is that you need to be
16 before you can hold this licence.

No info on minimum requirements of test vehicle either.


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There ain't. Pip's wrong on this one.

It doesn't meet any of the standards or classifications for a
mechanically propelled vehicle, true, but it is still definitely illegal
to ride one on public roads, or pavements.

 

Have you got definitions for licence groups K, L and N available?


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Kevin - Basildon
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CG125
GPZ305 (her's)
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I'll raise your bollocks to a large pile of horse shit....

A go-ped requires all the same things you'd need for a moped - licence,
helmet, insurance, tax. They do not come close to meeting the Construction &
Use Regs, and so you commit a whole host of other offences as well. You
can't ride them on the pavement.

Electric ones are the same I'm afraid - it's still a "mechanically propelled
vehicle designed for use on the road" and two tiny pedals attached to the
front wheel make sod all difference to that definition. It's not an invalid
carriage either.

And as Mr Courier is already on ban, he really doesn't want to try this
option. A pedal cycle (or a horse) is his best bet.

If you want chapter & verse, I'll e-mail the stuff to myself from work
tomorrow, and put it on a link.

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I saw one with a plate on it in Brighton, dunno if it was for real though..

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Is that so? Only by _your_ definition.

And would Sir like to point me to where I suggested that it wasn't
illegal to ride one on public roads or pavements? Hmm?

 

On private ground it's ok to ride them though.. electric ones are the way
forward if you don't want to get in trouble, but want to go slowly.

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Ah. That'll teach me to read threads out of order. Until I read the
above, I was not fully aware of your circumstances and the use you
would intend to put the goped to.

It all makes a strange sort of sense, now.

You're still bolloxed. Get a folding pushbike.